Saturday, April 14, 2012

Mashup - Birthday Edition

** A couple of weeks ago my MIL offered to babysit for us on my birthday. It took me a full five seconds of thinking about to realize that it was April and yes, my birthday is this month. I hadn't put a moment of thought into it. Sigh. I'll be 37. I'm feeling much older these days.

** What do I want for my birthday? A family picture of the four of us, all cleaned up and looking nice. I'd hoped to do this at Bill's wedding but Luke slept through the whole thing, Kaycie was grumpy (it was smack in the middle of nap time) and I was crazy busy doing wedding pictures. But I still want some good family shots. I don't know who I'll get to push the button on the camera, but I've started putting some thought into where I want to do it. I'm also not holding my breath that it'll actually happen. Getting everybody to cooperate is a challenge at times...

** Meanwhile, Kaycie has become such a fabulous big sister. She insists on giving Luke toys every time she finds one of his. She'll put it in his bouncy seat or in the crib or set it on his tummy. She knows exactly what the Easter Bunny brought him and tells me about it every day. She makes sure I know when he needs a bottle and she insists we take him in the kitchen with us when she's helping me or we're eating. I was a little afraid she'd go the other way and be upset about losing my undivided attention but in fact she's a wonderful little caretaker to her brother. Big sigh of relief.

** I HATE our Android tablet. Kaycie loves to play educational games on it (matching, tracing letters, counting things, color games) but the touch screen doesn't respond well at all. And it keeps locking up on her, which as you can imagine frustrates a two year old. I have to reboot it periodically in the middle of her game because it's just not working well. If the iPad wasn't so dang expensive I'd buy her one. This is the technology she'll be using most of her life, she might as well learn it now. And the games she's playing are really awesome. She's gone from doing puzzles in letter shapes to drawing her letters with her finger. Shes TWO. But she loves this stuff. I've downloaded a bunch of books to the Kindle app for her and she's figured out how to get to those too. She's a smart girl. Anybody want to toss me $400 for a new iPad?

** I mentioned a few weeks back that I was contemplating a change in birth control. Turns out I know nobody who uses the method I was contemplating, but I did something totally against my nature and decided to do it anyway. My regular doc was on call and crazy busy so instead of waiting another month I decided to let another doctor in the clinic do it. When I talked to Dr. E about it before the procedure he said "IUD's are the bomb." No really, that's what he said. He also said it was basically the same effectiveness as getting your tubes tied without the surgery. Awesome. I started it April 6, the procedure took literally 3 minutes, and I haven't put a whole lot of thought into it since. I should be covered for ten years at which point I should at least be getting close to menopause. Wow. Now I'm feeling even older...

Here's the blog post that got me thinking about the whole issue (well, actually the pile of comments):http://www.askmoxie.org/2012/03/share-and-care-birth-control.html

Note the blogger is using NuvaRing and likes it. The commenters went into detail about the two types of IUD's and the effects of each. I was very interested in the non-hormonal aspect. I should point out the Paragard cost $1,000, but since we've more than met our deductible this year I only had to pay $200. That made it very much worthwhile (compared to $30 a month for the next 10 years). When I called to talk to the nurse about it she went through what I needed to do and when (they do it at a certain time of the month) and had the insurance clerk call me and let me know what the cost would be to me. So far I'd say I love it, but it's only been a couple of weeks and I haven't thought about it enough to love it. I love NOT thinking about it!

About Me

I've been married to a wonderful man since 2006 and have one dog, one kid, and one on the way. I have lived in different areas of Mississippi my entire life and have to admit, I've never had a big desire to live anywhere else!